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Armed Forces / Re: Mystery abbreviations
« on: Monday 01 April 24 08:11 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to everyone who helped me with this query.

I've just had this from the chap who sent me the page:

"I think I've discovered the definition of "Add." I went back through the "List," and found the section titled "Half-Pay," wherein are sections called "Additional Officers," "Additional Captains," etc. In an online essay about an American unit of the time, "Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment," which served for a limited time, a couple of years or so, the unnamed author says, "Like other Additional Regiments, Grayson's remained directly under George Washington's control, unlike state regiments" which were controlled by states and Congress. Of course, in those units, British and American, which might need extra officers, some were kept on duty, apparently, or at least on notice, as "additional officers--those noted as such in the "List" do not seem always to appear in such documents as Ford's British Officers Serving in the American Revolution. Regarding "half-pay," the Wikipedia article says it was a method used by both sides "as an incentive to compensate" officers who were released from active duty while they waited to see if they might be needed again. It's "Additional." "

STG

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Armed Forces / Re: Mystery abbreviations
« on: Sunday 31 March 24 12:30 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: fiddlerslass on Saturday 30 March 24 22:18 GMT (UK)
I wondered if it could be short for Addendum, which is usually abbreviated to Add, but with the two capital D's being smaller....?

Are there any notes added later about these people in the book?

I quite like Addendum, because it would explain the larger A and the two smaller Ds. 

I don't have the book, I'm afraid, so can't check.  All I have is one page that someone sent me :(

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Armed Forces / Re: Mystery abbreviations
« on: Saturday 30 March 24 15:32 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Andy J2022 on Saturday 30 March 24 14:45 GMT (UK)
Just a pedantic point but it's not A.D.D. - it's ADD. In other word it's not three initials, but an abbreviation of a single word. L.I. on the other hand certainly could stand for light infantry, that is to say he commanded a company within the battalion which was equipped in the light role, as opposed to a grenadier company which had a different role.  If that is what is being referred to in the American list then I am still no wiser about what ADD might refer to.

> ADD rather than A.D.D.
Yes, I see that now, thanks.  And, like you, I'm still no wiser   ;D

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Armed Forces / Re: Mystery abbreviations
« on: Saturday 30 March 24 12:36 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Saturday 30 March 24 11:49 GMT (UK)
This original version doesn't have the abbreviations, and some of the names are slightly different:

Yes, it's from a particular 1778 edition published in Philadelphia by MacDonald & Cameron (apparently). 

I did wonder about Light Infantry for L.I., but still have no idea about A.D.D. except the A is in a larger font than the two Ds and maybe that's significant. 

PS : I can't help but think that Perkins Magra sounds rather more like a wild west outlaw than a British army officer  ;D

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Armed Forces / Mystery abbreviations
« on: Saturday 30 March 24 10:45 GMT (UK)  »
This is an extract from an 1778 US publication of British Army Officers.  Does anyone know what the abbreviations

L.I
A.D.D.
G

stand for after the names of particular officers, please?  I have a suspicion that G stands for Grenadier - because I found this https://royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/entity/108472-miles-lawford?q= - but L.I. and A.D.D. baffle me.

Thanks
STG

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Armed Forces / Post 1920 military records now at the National Archives
« on: Friday 19 January 24 13:11 GMT (UK)  »
Before they were transferred from the MOD, I understand that if someone requested (and paid) for, say, their grandfather's records, someone would physically go through filing cabinets (or similar) to find the relevant file and get it copied so that a reply could be sent to the person who requested the information. 

I know that all the files have now been transferred to the National Archives where they are being catalogued and scanned - and that it's an enormous task that will take years (probably) - but does anyone know exactly how they're working through them?  For example, if they haven't catalogued/scanned grandad's records when someone applies, do they simply reply that they've got no record, or do they check both the scanned and unscanned records before replying?  If you see what I mean  ;D

Thanks for any info you can offer.
STG

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World War One / Re: POW help, please
« on: Thursday 14 December 23 18:18 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Andy J2022 on Thursday 14 December 23 17:55 GMT (UK)
Although the Germans were noted for their thoroughness in recording the movements of the POWs they held, I suspect all that went out of the window after June 1918 when the morale of the German Army collapsed and they were steadily pushed out of Flanders and back into their own country, leading to the Armistice on 11 November. This collapse of the system might account for why the International Red Cross has no record for him during those final months.
If you are on Ancestry it would be worth checking the medal rolls for the Leicestershire Regiment to see if they include any details of his captivity.

He's on the Corps of Hussars medal roll, not the Leicesters.  It says the medals (BW & V) were returned, and gives his date of disembodiment (11.10.1919), but nothing about him being a POW.  Does the fact that he was discharged (disembodied) so late, signify that after his release from being a POW (if that happened) he then served with the Corps of Hussars? 

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World War One / Re: POW help, please
« on: Thursday 14 December 23 16:14 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Andy J2022 on Thursday 14 December 23 15:52 GMT (UK)
You are more likely to find him under the Leicestershire Regiment where his number was 46092. He was reported missing, presumed POW, on 26 May 1918, with an enquiry as to his whereabouts being made via the Red Cross on 2 August 1918.

Added. This confirms chempat's find.

I've seen those entries on Find My Past now, and they indicate his whereabouts were enquired about (in Aug and Nov 1918), but don't actually confirm he was a POW - although quite where he was between May and November would be good to know! 

Edited to add: I've just found a newspaper report dated Aug 1918 which says something like "was reported missing, now POW", which just adds to the puzzle.  If, in August, the family (who presumably told the newspaper) knew that he was a POW, why were they asking again re his whereabouts in November 1918? 

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World War One / Re: POW help, please
« on: Thursday 14 December 23 16:04 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Andy J2022 on Thursday 14 December 23 15:52 GMT (UK)
You are more likely to find him under the Leicestershire Regiment where his number was 46092. He was reported missing, presumed POW, on 26 May 1918, with an enquiry as to his whereabouts being made via the Red Cross on 2 August 1918.

Added. This confirms chempat's find.

There isn't a separate list on the grandguerre website of Charlton's who were in the Leicesters, and I've tried the ones without a named regiment on the index without any luck.


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